At 1:30 p.m. this afternoon at the Secretary of State’s office, there will be a hearing to set the title of the ballot measure, a formality and one in a series of steps that must be taken before anyone proposing a ballot measure can gather signatures and attempt to put an issue on the ballot.

Other proposed ballot measures seek to overturn some of the gun restrictions passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature in 2013.

“Because students, teachers and staff have a fundamental right to a safe place to work and learn free of the threat posed by concealed guns, the proponents seek to add ‘public college or university’ to the list of elementary, middle, junior high or high school locations already restricted from the state concealed carry statute,” according to a news release about this afternoon’s hearing.

House Bill 1226 was in the works before mass murders at an Aurora theater and a Connecticut elementary school Aurora theater prompted Democrats to introduce gun-control measures. It was prompted by a March 2012 Supreme Court ruling that the 2003 legislation allowing concealed carry in Colorado doesn’t include campuses on the narrow list of exceptions. Some colleges kept their ban in place, prompting a successful lawsuit by three University of Colorado students.

“There is no connection between this and other gun bills,” the sponsor, former Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, said at the time.

Salazar said he was trying to make the point that guns on campuses don’t necessarily make schools safer, but that’s not how his comments were taken. “And you don’t know if you feel like you’re gonna be raped …,” was what he said, in part.

Hudak challenged a rape victim’s testimony that her attack might have ended differently if she had been armed. “I just want to say that, actually statistics are not on your side even if you had a gun,” Hudak said, although statistics didn’t back up her statement.

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.